The Down Range Forum
Member Section => Politics & RKBA => Topic started by: Frosty on February 06, 2013, 07:10:46 PM
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I know there are a few gun dealers on the forum, thought I'd pass this message from Gun Owners of America )GOA)From GOA: ...The Senate has reached its decision on what to do about its rules. And the outcome is neither a complete victory nor a complete loss. On the good side: The Senate DID NOT pull the “nuclear trigger.” It did not do what we feared most – and that was to decide that 51 senators could, by brute force, do whatever they wanted, irrespective of the rules. As for the bad: The most serious change is a two-year “special order” -- which will expire in two years at the end of the 113th Congress. (How convenient. The Democrats put a time limit on this onerous rule in case they are no longer in the majority after the next elections.) That “special order” allows Harry Reid to proceed to the text of legislation without a filibuster of the “motion to proceed” – but only if he pays the penalty of allowing Republican Leader Mitch McConnell to offer the first amendment... As you know, we believe that – while we can take nothing for granted – the Feinstein gun ban has an uphill battle in the Congress. Thus, of all the anti-gun proposals in Obama's package, we view the biggest threat to be the universal background check – which would set up a framework for a national gun registry and gun confiscation. It would also be even more of a slap-in-the-face to the 150,000 veterans on the NICS list who have been deemed “unworthy” of exercising their Second Amendment rights. But so far, of all of the arguments against the universal background check which we have made on the Hill, the one that seems to have attracted the most interest is when we tell them that the ATF has been going into gun stores and illegally copying the 4473's. We have received numerous accounts from members of this being done. But we could always use a lot more. If you know of any instance where the ATF has illegally gone into a gun store and illegally copied a 4473, we would ask you to please write us about it. We can redact your name and any identifying information if you wish. But we guarantee you that we will take your information and present it to members of the House and Senate who have expressed shock and interest that this was being done... (The link is to a contact form for submissions.)
http://gunowners.net/cgi-bin/ttx.cgi?cmd=newticket